1938 Webb Hamilton Pictorial Map of Cape Cod
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Title
1938 (dated) 11 x 14.25 in (27.94 x 36.195 cm)
Description
Publication History and Census
This map was published in 1838 by Harold Webb Hamilton for the Weaver Bird Studio, Hyannis. The Studio was a fabric manufacturer and clothing shop owned by Katharine B. Rossire based in Yonkers, New York and Hyannis, Massachusetts. This map is scarce. We note an example at the David Rumsey Collection and one or two records on the private market.Cartographer
Harold Webb Hamilton (January 20, 1892 - September 13, 1949) was an American artist active in Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Hamilton was bornin Mexico City. He lived in Mexico City from birth to 1898, then again from 1911 to 1920. There he studied art at the San Carlos Academy. He severed with the U.S. Marines in World War I (1914 - 1918), seeing action and was wounded at Battle of Saint-Mihiel (1918). He then relocated to New York City where he became a commercial Agent of 'All America Cables Inc.' Around 1925, he relocated to Buenos Aires, Argentina, where he lived for many years, eventually becoming president of the International Telephone and Telegraph Company. Around 1937 he relocated to Hyannis, Massachusetts where he dedicated himself to his hobby of making pen and ink sketches of Cape Cod and Florida scenes. Hamilton died on Cape Cod at 57. More by this mapmaker...